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Research project

Kevin Briggs RAEng/HS2 Fellowship - transfer from Univ. of Bath

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Kevin Briggs

Associate Professor in Geomechanics
Research interests
  • Deterioration processes in ageing of transportation earthworks (e.g. highway and railway embankments and cuttings)
  • The impact of extreme weather and climate change on groundwater pressures beneath engineering structures
  • The engineering properties of Jurassic and Triassic mudstones for geotechnical design (e.g. excavations, embankments and foundations)
Connect with Kevin

Email: K.Briggs@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Standard penetration tests in clays derived from weathered Jurassic mudstones in central England
Kevin Briggs, Yuderka Trinidad González, William Powrie, Simon Butler & Nick Sartain, 2025, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 58(3)
DOI: 10.1144/qjegh2025-022
Type: article